WHO ARE WE?

TheSalzburg Quartet The Constanze Quartet is a string quartet based in the city of Salzburg, hometown of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, traditionally known for hosting one of the highest–class musical scenes in the world. In late 2018, after performing live-on-air in Radio France studios, winning the 3rd Prize in the International Anton Rubinstein Competition and becoming finalist of the prestigious Ysaÿe Competition, the quartet is close to release two brand new albums produced by the german label CPO.

As a chamber music ensemble grounded in the austrian tradition and in the constant pursuit of technical and creative refinement, the quartet takes part in masterclasses working along with world acclaimed musicians like the members of the Casals Quartet, Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), William Coleman (Kuss Quartet), Milan Milojicic (Minetti Quartet), Lavard Skou-Larsen, Firmian Lermer and Christoph Schlüren. Their strong mediterranean spirit is palpable in fresh and soulful performances, combining an eye-catching charm on stage with a careful selection of the repertoire. Beyond all the major works, ranging from classical to contemporary periods, the ensemble is often delighted to discover the music whether of interesting forgotten composers or newcomers’ works and invite external artists to explore the exciting world of quintets.

The Constanze Quartet performs regularly at the “Mirabell Palace”, one of the most famous concert halls in Salzburg, and eventually tours around the world, specially throughout Europe and South America.

Bio | Emeline Pierre

Emeline is the first violin of the Constanze Quartet. She was born in 1980 in Fontenay le Comte (France) and started to learn the instrument at the age of eight. After a successful completion of her studies in the Conservatory of Angers, she entered the Central Conservatory of Paris into the class of Professor Gerard Jarry. From 2000 to 2004 she studied at the National Superior Conservatory of Lyon obtaining a Master degree with distinction under the direction of Pavel Vernikov and Marianne Picketti.

In France, she was member of the “Werther Piano – Trio” and the “Prime Vista Stringquartett” where also participated in several projects with the “Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon”, the “Orchestre des Pays de Savoie” and the “Orchestre des Pays de la Loire”.From 2007 to 2010 she was a distinguished proffessor of violin at the “Academy Musical Crescendo” in Lyon and coached every year the string section at the “Ligeria Youth Orchestra” in the Pays de la Loire.

Later, from 2010 to 2013, she joined a leading position at the “Basque National Orchestra” in San Sebastian (Spain). Since 2013 she lives in Salzburg where is member of the “Salzburg Chamber Soloists” orchestra. In 2015 Emeline was appointed as one of the concertmasters of the “Salzburger Orchester Solisten” with frequent appearances as soloist with the Mozart Violin Concerti.

Bio | Esther Gutiérrez

Esther Gutiérrez Redondo is the second violin of the Constanze Quartet. She was born in 1990 in Valladolid (Spain) and started her violin studies at the age of five.

In 2013 she finalized her degree of violin with the best qualifications at the “Catalonia College of Music” university (ESMUC) under the direction of professor Abel Tomás, member of the famous Casals Quartet. She is currently studying at Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria) with the renowned violinist and conductor Lavard Skou – Larsen.

In her fascination for the chamber music repertoire, aside from the Constanze Quartet, she plays usually violin – piano duo with her sister Sara, with the name “Duo Delibes”. Together they won prices in the chamber music competitions like “Ecoparque de Transmiera” in 2014 and “Concurso de música de cámara de Cofrentes” in 2017. They have played in several concert halls in Holland, Austria and Spain, as well as in important music festivals as the “International Music Festival of Santander”.

She also loves to play symphonic music and has an extense experience playing in orchestras. She has been member of the “Castilla y León Youth Orchestra” from 2008 to 2009, the “Spanish National Youth Orchestra” from 2012 to 2015 and the “Bankia Symphony Orchestra” in 2015. In 2017 she colaborates with the “Mozarteum Orchester” from Salzburg.

She is now a member of the professional orchestra “Salzburg Chamber Soloists”, touring around Europe, Asia and South America.

Bio | Patrizia Messana

Born in 1989, the German-Italian violist Patrizia Messana began her first violin studies at the age of five. Early on she won numerous awards at the German music youth competition “Jugend Musiziert”, as well as at the Carl Schroeder competition in Erfurt. After refining her violin skills with teachers such as Bartlomiej Niziol and Dora Bratchkova, she completed her viola studies under Jone Kaliunaite at the University of Music Saar. As of October 2015, she is continuing her artistic studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with William Coleman, violist of the renowned Kuss Quartett of Berlin.

She has given concerts both as a soloist and with chamber ensembles through Europe, the Kosovo, South America and Switzerland, were she received significant artistic impulses from her participation in chamber music concerts, with among others, Lena Neudauer, Wolfgang Harrer, Tatevik Mokatsian, Jone Kaliunaite, Hans-Peter Hofmann, Olga Zado and members of the Munich Philharmonic, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, as well as members of the Szymanowski and the Fauré quartets. Several live recordings were produced as a result with the cultural public radio stations SR 2 and SWR.

She has also participated at various festivals, such as the Suoni dal Monviso Piemont, the Musikfestival Bern, the DAM-Festival, the Internasjonal Kammermusikfest Lindesnes, the Sommerlichen Musiktagen Hitzacker, the Mozart-Sommer Schloss Salem, the Herbstgold Festival, the Mozartwoche Salzburg and the Händelfestspiele. In summer 2017 Patrizia was invited to perform Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante at the Bozsok Music Festival in Hungary with the International Young Soloists under the baton of Gergely Madaras. Messana holds a scholarship from the Hermine Klenz Foundation and the Bruno and Elisabeth Meindl Foundation. In 2013, she also received the prestigious Germany Scholarship.

She regularly plays as a substitute at the Mozarteumsorchester Salzburg. From 2015 to 2017 she was principal viola of the Mannheim Philharmonic orchestra. In addition she has accepted numerous invitations to lead as guest principal such prominent ensembles like the Sinfonieorchester Vorarlberg, the Klangforum Schweiz, the Haydn Philharmonie and the Camerata Bern. In 2019 she joined the Constanze Quartet Salzburg.

Bio | Marion Platero

Born in Bayonne (France), Marion was accepted at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 15, in the class of Philippe Muller where she obtained her Masters Degree five years later in cello and chamber music with the highest possible grades. She continued then her studies 4 years at the prestigious “Queen Sofia” College of Madrid, Spain, with Natalia Shakovskaya and Ivan Monighetti (where she receives in June 2014 by the Queen Sofia herself the prize of the best cello student of her class) and one year at the Mozarteum Universität of Salzburg with Clemens Hagen. She was also selected to take part in the “Cello Class of Excellence” of Gautier Capucon at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris (2015/2016).

Moreover, she has participated in many master classes, notably with Natalia Gutman, after which she played as a soloist with the Cannes orchestra, but also with Gary Hoffman, Aldo Parisot, Stephen Popov, Christophe Henkel, Sonia Wieder Atherton, Frans Helmerson, Truls Mørk, Alexander Rudin, and others. She was also selected to take part at the European union young orchestra tours, at the “Encuentro y Academia” de Santander (Spain), and at the “Holland music session”( Netherlands).

Marion has been the recipient of numerous prizes; in 2004 she won the Royaume de la musique (Raymond Zurfluth) prize. She was a Prize-winner of the academy “Maurice Ravel” at St. Jean De Luz (France).

She also successfully participated at many competitions: she won the 1st prize and special EMCY prize at St. Sebastian (Spain), 3rd prize in the competition “International Flamme”, 2nd prize at the “International Competition Carlos Prieto” in Morélia (Mexico), a certificate of Merit at the “Primer Palau” in Barcelona. She was a prize-winner in the competition “pro musicis” (France) in 2010, and also a recipient of one of the prices of the Société Générale Foundation in 2009. She was nominated a “classic revelation” by ADAMI in 2009.

She has been invited to appear on the radio show “Genération jeunes interprètes” presented by Gaelle Le Gallic on France Musique (France) and at the Amsterdam Radio show “CS program” (Netherlands) and was invited to participate in festivals such as: the festival of Aix En Provence, the festival of Deauville, the festival “Musique en Côte Basque”.

She played concerts at: The Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the foundation “Singer Polignac”in Paris, the Foundation Juan March and the National Auditorium in Madrid, the “Cité de la musique”, the “Maison de la radio” in Paris, the Louis Vuitton foundation, the Mozarteum of Salzburg, the “ Palau de la Musica” in Barcelona, the theater of “Champs Elysées”, the theater of the “Bouffes du Nord”, and also at the “Salle Cortot” in Paris with the pianist Delphine Bardin. She has also appeared in concert with renowned artists such as Sonia Wieder Atherton, Gautier Capucon, Claudio Martinez and Delphine Bardin.

She performs in concert around the world both as soloist and chamber musician. She is also member of the “Constanze Quartet” based in Salzburg.